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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Deanna says her brother and father have in common?
(a) A tendency to let the women do more of the household chores.
(b) Too high expectations of her.
(c) A bad temper.
(d) Ambition.

2. Who is described as overweight but friendly?
(a) Deanna's cousin.
(b) The clerk at the coffee shop.
(c) Lee's brother.
(d) The owner of Picasso's.

3. What does Deanna let slip while talking to Stacy?
(a) Darren is angry with Stacy.
(b) Her idea of Deanna living with Stacy and Darren.
(c) Deanna is dating Tommy again.
(d) Deanna would not mind babysitting.

4. Why does Deanna speak sharply to Lee?
(a) Jealousy over Jason.
(b) Lee seems so naive.
(c) Lee says stupid things.
(d) Deanna is trying to show Lee that it is a bad idea to trust Jason.

5. Who is Jason?
(a) Deanna's uncle.
(b) Deanna's best friend.
(c) Deanna's cousin.
(d) Deanna's younger brother.

6. How do Lee and Deanna bond?
(a) Over their love of horses.
(b) Over their love of dogs.
(c) Over the story about her dad and Tommy.
(d) Over fantasy books.

7. What did Tommy tell Deanna on the day she first felt drawn to him?
(a) Make-up looks trashy on girls.
(b) Darren was going easy on Tommy.
(c) He hoped it was okay to come to breakfast before changing into street clothes.
(d) He would teach her how to ski.

8. To what does Deanna's mother invite her/
(a) A luncheon.
(b) A church social.
(c) A mother/daughter shopping spree.
(d) A special breakfast.

9. What does Darren say to Stacy that bothers her?
(a) That she should become a stay-at-home mom.
(b) That April is closer to him than her.
(c) That Stacy's new hair color is sexy.
(d) That she should finish her GED.

10. Why do some people think Deanna lets Tommy have sex with her?
(a) So she could have the prestige of dating such a popular guy.
(b) So he'd pay attention to Deanna.
(c) She is intimidated by his status.
(d) She wants to please everyone.

11. What does Deanna do with her writing about the surfer girl?
(a) Hides it under her mattress.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Thows it away.
(d) Gives it to Lee to read.

12. At what does Stacy want to be good?
(a) Being a mother.
(b) Being a wife.
(c) An artist.
(d) A singer.

13. Why do the boys finally leave Deanna and Jason?
(a) They are headed for a keg party.
(b) The principal walks up.
(c) Deanna calls her oldest brother to come help her.
(d) A teacher arrives.

14. How does Deanna transform the experience in the car?
(a) She is unable to transform the experience.
(b) She convinces herself that Tommy forced her father.
(c) She turns it into a "surfer girl" situation.
(d) She convinces herself that her father is performing CPR.

15. What does Deanna overhear between her parents?
(a) An argument.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A moment of intimacy.
(d) A discussion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Deanna when she arrives to work?

2. How does Jason take the news that Stacy knows about Deanna's plan to live with her and Darren?

3. What does Deanna decide not to tell Jason about her job?

4. Where do Darren and Stacy work?

5. What triggers a surge of fond memories for Deanna that Sunday morning?

(see the answer keys)

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